diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/files/mirrormanager2-mirrorlist.conf b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/files/mirrormanager2-mirrorlist.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a5432ca37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/files/mirrormanager2-mirrorlist.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d /var/run/mirrormanager 0775 mirrormanager apache
diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/tasks/main.yml
index a52e2c6f6b..df7f917554 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist2/tasks/main.yml
@@ -73,3 +73,8 @@
   tags:
   - mirrorlist2
   - selinux
+
+- name: add a tmpfiles.d file for the run directory (until fixed upstream)
+  copy: src=mirrormanager2-mirrorlist.conf dest=/etc/tmpfiles.d/mirrormanager2-mirrorlist.conf
+  tags:
+  - mirrorlist2